MCDPH has been in touch with contacts of this case. All close contacts are voluntarily quarantining themselves at home.

This case was exposed to a confirmed case from another state, and does not represent community spread in Maricopa County.

There is no community spread of COVID-19 in Maricopa County yet.

Until commercial laboratory testing for COVID-19 becomes widely available, MCDPH is recommending that healthcare providers call Public Health to inquire about COVID-19 testing for patients based on the Persons Under Investigation criteria, which includes patients with severe symptoms, travel to affected regions, and contact with a known case.

MCDPH is working closely with ADHS to redistribute stockpile personal protective equipment to healthcare providers based on priority and proximity.

President Trump put Mike Pence in charge of the COVID-19 response and Mike Pence appointed Dr. Deborah Birx as COVID-19 response coordinator.

Community spread of COVID-19 is being detected in a growing number of countries, including in parts of the United States. Visit CDC for updated case information.

During the week of February 23, CDC reported community spread of COVID-19 in California, Oregon, and Washington. Community spread in Washington resulted in the first death in the United States from COVID-19, as well as the first reported case of COVID-19 in a healthcare worker, and the first outbreak in a long-term care facility.

On March 4, the House of Representatives passed a roughly $8 billion emergency funding bill to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.

Travelers returning from countries with a Level 3 CDC travel advisory are being requested to stay at home for 14 days after return to the US.

CDC, with state and local health departments, is conducting surveillance in 6 cities to detect community spread, but this is not occurring in every city and state.

In partnership with TGEN, MCDPH is monitoring for increases in influenza-like illness through existing influenza surveillance systems to look for possible community spread of COVID-19.

MCDPH will continue to update the public as more testing sites become available and more is learned about the virus.

MCDPH is shifting resources that were focused on returning travelers to assisting providers with diagnosis/testing and contact investigations of cases. Returning travelers will be contacted through automated phone outreach.

MCDPH is updating its COVID-19 webpage to be more population specific.

MCDPH will provide childcare with situation update and guidance.

General Information About COVID-19

What We Know

The virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified and causes a respiratory illness ranging from a mild cold-like illness to severe pneumonia.

Most (81%) of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in China had mild disease.

Similar to influenza, the people who are most likely to have severe disease and complications from COVID-19 are older individuals (>60 years old) and those with other medical conditions like heart and lung disease or diabetes.

Although the reported death rates for COVID-19 are 2.3%, these estimates are based only on confirmed cases. World Health Organization, along with international experts, estimates mortality that takes into account people who have mild illness and are not diagnosed with COVID-19 to be 0.3-1%, which is very similar to influenza (0.1-0.2%).

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The virus that causes COVID-19 seems to be spreading easily and sustainably in the community ("community spread") in some affected geographical areas. The CDC lists areas where community spread is occurring.